Benefits of Health Information Exchanges for Quality Reporting and Value-Based Care
To perform well in value-based care, healthcare providers must report improvements in quality, cost and utilization measures that align with their payers’ expectations. When it comes to providing data, analytics and technological capabilities for reporting these measures, health information exchanges (HIEs) offer several advantages over other data aggregators: Greater Efficiency HIEs provide clinical data, which…
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KPI Ninja receives NCQA Measure Certification℠ for HEDIS® Health Plan 2020, Another Step in Becoming the Most Comprehensive Population Health Analytics Company
March 30, 2020 Lincoln, NE – KPI Ninja Inc., a leading healthcare technology company known for its comprehensive population health analytics, announced today that it has received National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Measure Certification℠ for HEDIS® Health Plan 2020. This recognition demonstrates that their software offers the functionality to enable health plans to meet…
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The Power of Emergency Department Classifications – Risk Stratification Analytics Part 2
Emergency departments are our nation’s back-up plan, intercepting urgent conditions of all types and intervening to stabilize and regain health. Emergency departments found their place in our health care system to provide decisive, rapid care to patients with life-threatening conditions. Today, too many patients seek care in the emergency department for non-life altering reasons. 25%…
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An Introduction to Risk Stratification Analytics
If you work in the health care industry, you’ve likely heard of risk stratification. There is a good chance that risk stratification, whether used for negotiating payment rates or improving population health, will be one of the most important elements in a value-based health care system. Citing several indicators of industry disruption, there is an…
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A Bright Future Ahead For HIEs… If We Focus On Outcomes. SHIEC’s 2019 Survey Reflections.
The Strategic Health Information Exchange has released the results of the 2019 Annual Survey to demonstrate the impact of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). If I could summarize the 50+ question findings in one word, I would say “Growth”. If HIEs leverage this growth and start moving to an outcomes-based model, we could witness a real…
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